Japanese Steam reviews, Nov 8-14, 2026: Queen's Domain leads with 97.4% positive
783 reviews about 125 games were counted this week. Players writing reviews in Japanese rated Queen's Domain highest, with 97.4% recommending it.
Own research by 648 News. Every figure in this article was counted by us from 783 Steam reviews written in Japanese about 125 games, posted Nov 8-14, 2026.
The week in numbers
Players writing reviews in Japanese published 783 reviews about 125 games between Nov 8-14, 2026. The ranking order follows the lower end of the 95% confidence interval, so a game with fewer reviews cannot lead on luck. WARDOGS drew the most attention with 76 reviews. Slay the Spire 2 followed with 40 reviews. Queen's Domain received 39 reviews. ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE collected 34 reviews. Call of Duty® gathered 27 reviews. VRChat had 21 reviews. Apex Legends™ received 22 reviews. The median playtime for WARDOGS was 149.2 hours. Slay the Spire 2 had a median playtime of 118.8 hours. Queen's Domain sat at 33.6 hours. ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE reached 41.4 hours. Call of Duty® averaged 66.6 hours. VRChat tracked 2,782.2 hours. Apex Legends™ recorded 278.0 hours.
The ranking
| # | Game | Reviews | Recommend | 95% interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queen's Domain | 39 | 97.4% | 86.8–99.5% |
| 2 | Slay the Spire 2 | 40 | 90.0% | 76.9–96.0% |
| 3 | WARDOGS | 76 | 80.3% | 70.0–87.7% |
| 4 | ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE | 34 | 85.3% | 69.9–93.6% |
| 5 | VRChat | 21 | 66.7% | 45.4–82.8% |
| 6 | Call of Duty® | 27 | 40.7% | 24.5–59.3% |
| 7 | Apex Legends™ | 22 | 40.9% | 23.3–61.3% |
The numbers
The best received
Queen's Domain topped the list with 39 reviews and a 97.4% positive share. The lower confidence bound was 86.8%. Players writing reviews in Japanese praised its core systems. 89.5% of recommending reviews mention gameplay, combat, and core mechanics. 68.4% mention amount of content, length, and replayability. 34.2% mention graphics and art direction.
レビュー動画↓https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMHI9Xa10I4 Flydigi Direwolf 2コントローラーを使用。
Review video ↓ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMHI9Xa10I4 Using Flydigi Direwolf 2 controller.
レトロ風ではなく、ほぼレトロゲーム
Not retro-style, but basically a retro game.
Slay the Spire 2 ranked second with 40 reviews and a 90.0% positive share. Its lower confidence bound was 76.9%. The median playtime was 118.8 hours. Its recommending reviews highlight gameplay, combat, and core mechanics at 41.7%. 19.4% mention amount of content, length, and replayability. 5.6% mention difficulty and balance.
ローグライクが好きな身としては、あまりにも最高なゲーム。
For someone who likes roguelikes, this is an absolutely amazing game.
WARDOGS placed third with 76 reviews and an 80.3% positive share. The lower confidence bound was 70.0%. 75.4% of recommending reviews mention gameplay, combat, and core mechanics. 34.4% mention performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes. 29.5% mention amount of content, length, and replayability. ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE ranked fourth with 34 reviews and an 85.3% positive share. The lower confidence bound was 69.9%. 55.2% of recommending reviews mention gameplay, combat, and core mechanics. 31.0% mention story, scenario, and writing. 24.1% mention graphics and art direction.
The least well received
Call of Duty® had the lowest positive share at 40.7% across 27 reviews. The lower confidence bound was 24.5%. 50.0% of not-recommending reviews mention gameplay, combat, and core mechanics. 37.5% mention performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes. 18.8% mention difficulty and balance. Apex Legends™ followed with a 40.9% positive share across 22 reviews. The lower confidence bound was 23.3%. 46.2% of not-recommending reviews mention gameplay, combat, and core mechanics. 30.8% mention performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes. 30.8% mention amount of content, length, and replayability. VRChat rounded out the lowest-rated group with a 66.7% positive share across 21 reviews. The lower confidence bound was 45.4%. 28.6% of not-recommending reviews mention gameplay, combat, and core mechanics. 14.3% mention amount of content, length, and replayability. 14.3% mention online play, multiplayer, and servers.
What else happened this week
No new releases appeared in the tracked list this period. VRChat recorded the biggest shift in sentiment compared to the previous period. Its positive share fell by 21.0 percentage points, down from 87.7%. The review count also dropped from 130 to 21. The timing coincides with a change in weekly review volume. The reported p-value was p = 0.013. Among the most reviewed titles, WARDOGS held an 80.3% positive share. Slay the Spire 2 held a 90.0% positive share. Queen's Domain held a 97.4% positive share. ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE held an 85.3% positive share. Call of Duty® held a 40.7% positive share.
Methodology and sources
Data
Steam user reviews written in Japanese, posted Nov 8-14, 2026, retrieved with Steam's public review listing for the 160 games this site follows: 783 reviews about 125 games. The site follows games that appear in the Japanese Steam store's best-seller, new-release and featured lists or among the most played games on Steam, once they have at least 30 reviews in Japanese.
How the reviews were classified
Every review was read by a language model, which rated how positive it is, how much concrete detail it gives, and which of 15 fixed topics it talks about. The counts and percentages in this article were then computed from those labels in ordinary code, not by the model. Automatic classification makes mistakes, so single percentages should be read as approximate. Reviews of fewer than 15 characters were not sent to the model; they count as positive or negative from the reviewer's own recommendation and carry no topic.
Limits
Only games with at least 20 reviews in the period are ranked. They are ordered by the lower end of the 95% confidence interval of the share that recommends the game, so a game with few reviews cannot lead on chance. People who write a Steam review in Japanese are not a representative sample of everyone who plays in Japan, and the language of a review does not establish where its author lives. Games this site does not follow are not included.
Links
- Queen's Domain on Steam
- Slay the Spire 2 on Steam
- WARDOGS on Steam
- ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE on Steam
- VRChat on Steam
- Call of Duty® on Steam
- Apex Legends™ on Steam
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